This article shares an example of using nTopology to optimize a part and export it as a CAD body, then using Abaqus to calculate the stress intensity factor of cracks that develop perpendicular to the highest tensile principal stress.
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This major software release introduces real-time visualization with GPU acceleration; a technology breakthrough that will fundamentally change how nTop users interact with the software.
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Designers are curious creatures who have been messing with computers for a very long time. In this article, I'll explore how lessons learned in my earlier days of working with parametric modeling and environmental analysis tools for architecture projects have informed my designing for AM today.
This is the first of a series of blogs (and presentations) focusing on Design for Additive Manufacturing in the context of Industrial Design. This blog explores topology optimization for a bike wheel focusing on three mutually perpendicular loads: radial loads, tangential loads, and lateral loads.
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Generative Design is getting a lot of attention — but what is it exactly? Here is why the current Generative Design concepts fall short and how nTop’s alternative approach enables you to unlock its full potential today.
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At the end of 2020, the Danish Technological Institute (DTI) and nTopology joined forces in a new collaboration about topology optimization.
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What to do when an apartment is infested with pests, when rows of ants march across windowsills and mice have taken refuge in the basement? It is lucky that there are companies out there that can help you with their products.
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A coordinate measuring machine, also known as a CMM, is a piece of equipment that measures the geometries of physical objects. CMMs using a probing system to detect discreet points on the surfaces of objects.
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Reverse engineering is the process that identifies a physical object’s properties by performing a comprehensive analysis of its structure, functions and operations.
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For Carl Zeiss Optical Components, a subsidiary of Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik, precision matters – sometimes down to the hundredth of a millimeter. The company manufactures microscopes, multi-sensoric machines, and optical sensors for industrial measurement and quality assurance purposes
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Two case studies demonstrate how both material selection and collaborative design play a role in product outcome.
From the subtle stipple of your laptop’s casing of to the geometric grip of your toothbrush handle, texture is a key consideration in the design process for any and every physical product. Read further to learn how I use nTop Platform to apply texturing to products I design.
Fast Radius had an internal design challenge to create a shoe that could be printed as one part using an elastomeric material on HP's Multi-Jet Fusion technology. They designed workflows within nTop Platform as a way to explore the industrial design of the shoe.
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Engineers from nTopology, Stress Engineering Services, and Origin joined forces to redesign a family of clamps used on the F-16 aircraft. The result was an optimized design that was 2x stiffer, easy to assemble even with one hand and manufacturable on-demand.
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